Young man who wanders through the city immersed in his own thoughts or meeting random people.

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Young man who wanders through the city immersed in his own thoughts or meeting random people.

1GustavoCocteau
Editado: Oct 24, 2021, 2:13 pm

I'm looking for a book recommendation that fits this description above.
I like the Beatniks books a little bit like On the Road and I really enjoy stream-of-consciousness and experimental writing (I love Virginia Woolf, Joyce I think it's a little boring, but sometimes it's cool). I don't really like the action genre either, I prefer something more introspective maybe. But I don't know of a book besides those by Kerouac that fits this description at the same time, sometimes I even expected more from his books. Burroughs is interesting but his approach of the theme it's too dark and "dirty" for me.

Perhaps a more mature and experimental mix between "The Little Prince" and "The Catcher in the Rye"? I do not know (I really like Little Prince).
if that's the case, the setting doesn't need to be in the city, it can be in other places, such as in the little prince, like the desert, etc.
The protagonist can have an animal friend too, no problem.

Anyway, if you have a recommendation that popped into your head while reading this post and that doesn't quite fit the description, feel free to recommend it.

2thorold
Oct 24, 2021, 2:43 pm

What about Robert Walser? Jakob von Gunten and The walk in particular might fit the bill.

Paris peasant pops into my head as well, but it's years since I read it, not sure how well it would fit.

3vwinsloe
Oct 25, 2021, 8:50 am

Dhalgren popped right into my head.

6seeword
Oct 26, 2021, 10:48 am

7nessreader
Nov 19, 2021, 11:09 am

Perhaps Teju Cole s (1st, I think) book Open City about a trainee doctore wandering new york and pondering, or the other flaneur novel that comes to mind, Leaving the Atocha Station

8spiphany
Nov 19, 2021, 2:03 pm

Wilhelm Genazino's novels come to mind, for example The Shoe-Tester of Frankfurt.

9defaults
Nov 22, 2021, 2:07 pm

I wonder if The Thief of Talant by Pierre Reverdy might be up your alley? It's a sort of an autobiographic novella in free verse, set in the artistic circles of 1910's Paris.

10Cecrow
Nov 23, 2021, 9:51 am

Tried Marcel Proust? He's right up there with Joyce.

11SandyAMcPherson
Dic 18, 2021, 4:21 pm

>1 GustavoCocteau: Perhaps City of the Mind would appeal to you. The link is to the review page. The narrative fit what I call "literary fiction". I recommended for those who have enjoyed philosophical perspectives of time and place.

12cindydavid4
Ene 28, 2022, 9:05 pm

let nothing you dismay its a christmas book, but I think it would be right up your alley